Philippians 1:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)30 [So], you are now experiencing the same struggle you [once] saw me going through, and now are hearing that I still am. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176930 having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition30 So you are engaged in the same conflict which you saw me [wage] and which you now hear to be mine [still]. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)30 having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. See the chapterCommon English Bible30 You are having the same struggle that you saw me face and now hear that I’m still facing. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version30 engaging in the same struggle, of a kind which you also have seen in me, and which you now have heard from me. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version30 Having the same conflict as that which you have seen in me, and now have heard of me. See the chapter |
Fight the good battle of the faith; take hold of never ending life, to which you were called [i.e., by the Gospel. See II Thess. 2:14], [when] you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. [Note: This “confession” probably refers to a person’s acknowledgment of Jesus as Lord and Christ prior to his immersion. See Acts 2:36; Rom. 10:9-10].
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a large crowd of spectators [Note: Christians are pictured here as being in a crowded arena, performing in the games], we should lay aside every [excessive] weight and sin that so easily entangles us, and with perseverance, we should run the race [of life] that lies before us.